(Post 18)
(http://literature.awgp.org/akhandjyoti/2004/Jul_Aug/v1.LordShivaPhilosophy)
What else have you read or heard about Lord Shiva from the scriptural descriptions?
That He lives in the marghat (crematorium)!
Why should He do so?
Well, this again is a symbolic depiction.
It teaches us that we should always remember death. We get so engrossed in the worldly affairs that we almost forget that death could knock at our door any moment, and then we will have to leave this world instantly.
We seem to remember everything else, but this bitter reality of life. If we had remembered the absolute fact that we had to die some day or the other, our attitude towards life would have been different.
In that case, we would have cared for what we ought and what we ought not to do?
We would have been more alert towards our duties.
(http://literature.awgp.org/akhandjyoti/2004/Jul_Aug/v1.LordShivaPhilosophy)
What else have you read or heard about Lord Shiva from the scriptural descriptions?
That He lives in the marghat (crematorium)!
Why should He do so?
Well, this again is a symbolic depiction.
It teaches us that we should always remember death. We get so engrossed in the worldly affairs that we almost forget that death could knock at our door any moment, and then we will have to leave this world instantly.
We seem to remember everything else, but this bitter reality of life. If we had remembered the absolute fact that we had to die some day or the other, our attitude towards life would have been different.
In that case, we would have cared for what we ought and what we ought not to do?
We would have been more alert towards our duties.
